8 Mar 2022

Are daily reported COVID numbers accurate or relevant?

From Afternoons, 1:20 pm on 8 March 2022

Daily COVID  numbers are still released by the Ministry of Health each day around 1pm but as Omicron spreads, and more of those test results are self-reported do those numbers still mean anything? 

Professor Nigel French of Massey University, Co-Director of One Health Aotearoa; and Chief Scientist at the NZ Food Safety Science and Research Centre talks to Jesse about the relevance and accuracy of the figures. 

Rapid test device for COVID-19 virus with a positive result.

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